API 12-051-00861OrphanedOil well
Owens, Elzie 2
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Carter Oil Co The
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
Oct 1, 1939
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,571 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-00861
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.05923, -88.89503
- State record #
- 120510086100
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,101
- Active
- 268
- States
- AL, IL
- As filed
- Carter Oil Co., The
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marchman 5 WI | 12-051-01754 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Belden, W. L. |
| Winter 1 | 12-051-26016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris & Rohlfing Oil Pr |
| Wagner Heirs 6 | 12-051-01852 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Easterday, Fred Trustee |
| Wagner Heirs 4 | 12-051-01849 | Active | Oil | Easterday, Fred Trustee |
| Wagner Heirs 3 | 12-051-02230 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Easterday, Fred G.W. |
| Mason 1 | 12-051-26744 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bushue, Clyde |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.